Dirk Stammnitz is the founding Principal and Managing Director of Marblehead Consulting Group LLC. He has 30 years of experience in transportation, logistics, and supply chain. He advises companies actively pursuing strategic, tactical, and digital solutions in this domain, and those clients in the financial services sector, including private equity, supporting them on a variety of investment opportunities. Recently Dirk was a Regional Vice President for North America, for the Alpega Group, a leading enterprise TMS (Transportation Management System). Prior to this, Dirk was a Strategic Account Executive at MercuryGate International, and a Senior Industry Expert and Advisor at McKinsey & Company where he served clients supporting their Transportation & Logistics practice while also assisting the firm in developing and delivering a new logistics analysis approach (LOGOS) in combination with proprietary software, as part of McKinsey Solutions. Dirk also served as General Manager and Director of Sales at C.H. Robinson Worldwide. Prior to this, he was a Global Account Manager at Expeditors International of Washington. Early in his career, he worked for United Parcel Service both in the U.S. and Europe, and was also a certified Load Master (B747 & DC-8 Freighters) for Lufthansa Cargo Airlines where he worked for 6 years.
Since 2005, he has also served as a leading industry expert for a number of primary research firms and expert networks on the latest industry trends and best practices. He holds an MBA in Strategic Management and Finance from the University of Chicago (Booth) and a BS in Professional Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.